1912 Summer Olympics / Participant (Finland)

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The Finnish team at the opening ceremony

Finland took part in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm , Sweden with 164 athletes. The athletes were able to win nine gold, eight silver and nine bronze medals.

Medalist

Olympic champion

Surname	sport	competition
Hannes Kolehmainen	athletics	10,000 m
		5000 m
		Crosscountry individual ranking
Armas Taipale	athletics	Discus throw
		Discus throw (two-armed)
Juho Saaristo	athletics	Javelin throw (two-armed)
Yrjö Saarela	Wrestling	Heavyweight (over 82.5 kg) (Greco-Roman)
Kaarlo Koskelo	Wrestling	Feather weight (up to 60 kg) (Greco-Roman)
Eemeli Vare	Wrestling	Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg) (Greco-Roman)

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Hannes Kolehmainen Jalmari Eskola Albin Stenroos	athletics	Crosscountry team competition
Elmer Niklander	athletics	Discus throw (two-armed)
Juho Saaristo	athletics	Javelin throw
Väinö Siikaniemi	athletics	Javelin throw (two-armed)
Johan Olin	Wrestling	Heavyweight (over 82.5 kg) (Greco-Roman)
Ivar Boehling	Wrestling	Lightweight (up to 82.5 kg) (Greco-Roman)
Waldemar Björkstén Jacob Björnström Bror Brenner Allan Franck Erik Lindh Juho Arne Pekkalainen Harry Wahl	sailing	10 meter class
Kaarlo Ekholm Eino Forsström Eero Hyvärinen Mikko Hyvärinen Taumo Ilmoniemi Ilmari Keinänen Hjalmari Kivenheimo Karlslund Aarne Pelkonen Ilmari Pernaja Arvid Rydman Eino Saastamoinen Aarne Salovaara Heikki Sammallahti Hannes Sirola Klaus Suomela Lauri Tanner Väinö Tiiri Kaarlo Vähämäki Arvo Vartia Kaarlo Vasama	do gymnastics	Free gymnastics

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Albin Stenroos	athletics	10,000 m
Urho Peltonen	athletics	Javelin throw (two-armed)
Elmer Niklander	athletics	Shot put (both armed)
Otto Lasanen	Wrestling	Feather weight (up to 60 kg) (Greco-Roman)
Alfred Asikainen	Wrestling	Middle weight (up to 75 kg) (Greco-Roman)
Nestori Toivonen	shoot	Running deer 100 m single shot
Axel Fredrik Londen Nestori Toivonen Iivar Väänänen Ernst Rosenqvist	shoot	Running stag 100 m single shot team
Max Alfthan Erik Hartvall Jarl Hulldén Sigurd Juslén Ernst Krogius Eino Sandelin Johan Silén	sailing	12 meter class
Arthur Ahnger Emil Lindh Bertil Tallberg Gunnar Tallberg Georg Westling	sailing	8 meter class

Participants by sport

Soccer

The Finnish football team at the 1912 Summer Olympics

• Men: Fourth

  Gustaf Holmström

  Jalmari Holopainen

  Viljo Lietola

  Gosta Löfgren

  Knut Lund

  Algoth Niska

  Artturi Nyyssönen

  Jarl Öhman

  Lars Schybergson

  Eino Soinio

  Kaarlo Soinio

  August Syrjäläinen

  Lauri Tanner

  Bror Wiberg

  Ragnar Wickström

athletics

athlete	discipline	leader		Semifinals		final
		Result	space	Result	space	Result	space
Paavo Aho	Shot put	not carried out		12.40 m	Tenth	not reached
	Shot put	not carried out		23.30 m	Sixth	not reached
Jalmari Eskola	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out				46: 54.8 min	Fourth
Johan Halme	Triple jump	not carried out		13.79 m	Eleventh	not reached
	Javelin throw	not carried out		54.65 m	Fourth	not reached
	Javelin throw (two-armed)	not carried out		88.54 m	Ninth	not reached
Ephraim Harju	1,500 m	not carried out		k. A.	Fourth	not reached
	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out				DNF
Väinö Heikkilä	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out				54: 08.0 min	25,
Verner Järvinen	Discus throw	not carried out		38.60 m	15th	not reached
	Discus throw (two-armed)	not carried out		66.69 m	Twelfth	not reached
Viljam Johansson	5,000 m	not carried out		15: 31.4 min	Third	DNS
	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out				48: 03.0 min	Eleventh
Arne Kallberg	marathon	not carried out				DNF
Hannes Kolehmainen	5,000 m	not carried out		15: 38.9 min	First	14: 36.6 min (OR)	Olympic champion
	10,000 m	not carried out		33: 49.0 min (OR)	First	31: 20.8 min (OR)	Olympic champion
	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out				45: 15.6 min	Olympic champion
Tatu Kolehmainen	10,000 m	not carried out		32: 47.8 min	First	DNF
	marathon	not carried out				DNF
Emil Kukko	Long jump	not carried out		6.11 m	24.	not reached
	Javelin throw	not carried out		44.66 m	18th	not reached
	Pentathlon	not carried out				35	Twelfth
Wilhelm Kyrönen	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out				47: 32.0 min	seventh
Arvo Laine	high jump	not carried out		1.75 m	13.	not reached
Aarne Lindholm	5,000 m	not carried out		DNF		not reached
	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out				DNF
Jonni Myyra	Javelin throw	not carried out		51.33 m	Eighth	not reached
Elmer Niklander	Shot put	not carried out		13.65 m	Fourth	not reached
	Discus throw	not carried out		42.09 m (OR)	Fourth	not reached
	Shot put (both armed)	not carried out		26.67 m	First	27.14 m	Third
	Discus throw (two-armed)	not carried out		72.05 m	Third	77.96 m	Second
Urho Peltonen	Javelin throw	not carried out		49.20 m	Ninth	not reached
	Javelin throw (two-armed)	not carried out		100.24 m	Third	k. A.	Third
Lauri Pihkala	800 m	DNF		not reached
Julius Saaristo	Javelin throw	not carried out		55.37 m (OR)	Second	58.66 m	Second
	Javelin throw (two-armed)	not carried out		109.42 m	First	k. A.	Olympic champion
Väinö Siikaniemi	Javelin throw	not carried out		52.43 m	fifth	not reached
	Javelin throw (two-armed)	not carried out		101.13 m	Second	k. A.	Second
Albin Stenroos	10,000 m	not carried out		33: 28.4 min	Fourth	32: 21.8 min	Third
	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out				47: 23.4 min	Sixth
Armas Taipale	Discus throw	not carried out		43.91 m (OR)	First	45.21 m (OR)	Olympic champion
	Discus throw (two-armed)	not carried out		80.03 m	First	82.86 m	Olympic champion
Valdemar Wickholm	110 m hurdles	16.6 sec	Second	16.6 sec	Second	not reached
	Decathlon	not carried out				7058.795 points	seventh
Jalmari Eskola Hannes Kolehmainen Albin Stenroos	Cross-country run, team competition	not carried out				Eleventh	Second
Efraim Harju Viljam Johansson Hannes Kolehmainen Aarne Lindholm Albin Stenroos	3,000 m team	not carried out		twelve points	Second	not reached

Cycling

athlete	discipline	final
		time	space
Johannes Jaakonaho	Individual time trial (320 km)	DNF
Juhani Kankkonen	Individual time trial (320 km)	11: 41: 35.5 h	34.
Antti Raita	Individual time trial (320 km)	11:02:20.3 h	Sixth
Wilho Tilkanen	Individual time trial (320 km)	11: 28: 38.5 h	21st
Frans Vare	Individual time trial (320 km)	11: 21: 29.2 h	66.
Juhani Kankkonen Antti Raita Wilho Tilkanen Frans Väre	Team driving (320 km)	46: 34: 03.5 h	fifth

Wrestling

athlete	discipline	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Sixth round	Seventh round	final
		Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Match A opponent result	Match B opponent result	Match C opponent result	Rank
Karl Åberg	Middle weight (up to 75 kg)	Steputat Won	Shortly won	Merkle won	Miskey Won	Holm won	Little lost	Johansson Lost	not reached			Fourth
Alfred Asikainen	Middle weight (up to 75 kg)	Bacon Won	Bacon Won	Victal Won	Andersson Won	Johansson Lost	Sint Won	bye	Little lost	Johansson DNS	not reached	Third
Emil Backenius	Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)	Bonneveld Lost	Gerstmans Won	Barrett Won	Pelander Won	Søren Marinus Jensen Lost	not reached	not carried out	not reached			Sixth
Ivar Boehling	Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)	Martin Won	Won big	Oehler won	Arpe Won	Christensen Won	Long won	not carried out	bye	Varga Won	Ahlgren Won	Second
Lauri Haapanen	Feather weight (up to 60 kg)	Pereira Won	Szoszky Won	Hetmar won	Gerstäcker lost	bye	Öberg Lost	not reached				Sixth
Mikko Holm	Middle weight (up to 75 kg)	Merkle lost	Andersen Won	Shortly won	Johansson Won	Åberg Lost	not reached					seventh
August Jokinen	Middle weight (up to 75 kg)	Gundersen Won	Polis Won	Carcereri Won	Kokotowitsch Won	Fältström Won	Johansson Lost	Little lost	not reached			Fourth
Karl Kangas	Feather weight (up to 60 kg)	Akondinov Won	Larsson Won	Pongrácz Won	Beckman Won	Gerstäcker won	Koskelo Lost	not reached				Sixth
David Kolehmainen	Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)	Olsen Won	Eillenbrecht won	Björklund Won	Lund Lost	Heckel won	Kaplur Lost	not reached				Sixth
Kaarlo Koskelo	Feather weight (up to 60 kg)	Out won	Hansen Won	Scherer won	Andersson Won	Hetmar won	Kangas Won	bye	bye	Lasanen Won	Gerstäcker won	Olympic champion
Oskar Kumpu	Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)	Arpe lost	Oehler lost	not reached				not carried out	not reached			20th
Otto Laitinen	Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)	Svenson Won	Fischer Won	Halík Won	Radvány Lost	DNS	not reached					16.
Otto Lasanen	Feather weight (up to 60 kg)	Beckman Won	Persson Won	Gullaksen Won	Larsson Won	Johansson Lost	Leivonen Won	Öberg Won	Gerstäcker lost	Koskelo Lost	not reached	Third
Hjalmar Lehmusvirta	Feather weight (up to 60 kg)	Cockings Won	Ciai Won	Hestdahl Won	Out won	Öberg Lost	Gerstäcker lost	not reached				Sixth
Kaarlo Leivonen	Feather weight (up to 60 kg)	Ciai Won	Cockings Won	Öberg Won	Beránek Won	Larsson Won	Lasanen Lost	Gerstäcker lost	not reached			Fourth
Gustaf Lind	Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)	Pétursson Lost	Arpe lost	not reached				not carried out	not reached			20th
Karl Lind	Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)	Løvold Won	Gardini Lost	Ahlgren Lost	not reached			not carried out	not reached			16.
Knut Lindberg	Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)	Long won	Ekman Won	Varga lost	Nilsson Won	Ahlgren Lost	not reached	not carried out	not reached			Sixth
Adolf Lindfors	Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)	Sandberg Won	Jensen Lost	bye	Neser lost	not reached		not carried out	not reached			seventh
Fridolf Lundstein	Middle weight (up to 75 kg)	Melin Won	Bacon Won	Andersson Won	Johansson Lost	Sint Lost	not reached					seventh
Risto Mustonen	Feather weight (up to 60 kg)	Hetmar Lost	Gerstäcker lost	not reached								26th
Johan Olin	Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)	Paoli Won	Lindstrand Won	Neser won	Viljaama Lost	Saarela Won	bye	not carried out	bye	Jensen Won	Saarela Lost	Second
Gustaf Pelander	Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)	Karlsson Won	Sandberg Won	Jensen Lost	Backenius lost	not reached		not carried out	not reached			seventh
Tuomas Pukkila	Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)	Covre Lost	Hayes Won	Heckel lost	not reached							23
Rajala is different	Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)	Won big	Nail won	Arpe Won	Pétursson Lost	Eriksen Won	Varga lost	not carried out	not reached			Fourth
Yrjö Saarela	Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)	Karlsson Won	Captain's Won	Lindstrand Won	Jensen Won	Olin lost	Neser won	not carried out	Jensen Won	bye	Olin Won	Olympic champion
Johan Salila	Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)	Fogelmark Won	Pétursson Lost	Eriksen lost	not reached			not carried out	not reached			16.
Johan Salonen	Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)	Bouffechoux Won	Baumann Won	Kaplur Lost	Frydenlund Won	Nilsson Lost	not reached					Eleventh
Aatami Tanttu	Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)	Eillenbrecht won	Olsen Won	Lund won	Heckel lost	Kaplur Lost	not reached					Eleventh
Paul Tirkkonen	Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)	Stejskal Won	Malmström Lost	DNS	not reached							29
Teodor Tirkkonen	Middle weight (up to 75 kg)	Rhys Won	Johansson Lost	Johansson Won	Sint Lost	not reached						Eleventh
Johan Urvikko	Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)	Malmström Lost	Stejskal Won	Orosz won	Hansen Lost	not reached						17th
Emil Vare	Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)	Baumann Won	Bouffechoux Won	Covre Won	Kaplur Won	Balej Won	Malmström Won	bye	Mathiasson Won	bye	Malmström Won	Olympic champion
Kalle Viljaama	Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)	Captain's Won	Paoli Won	Bonneveld Won	Olin Won	Neser lost	DNS	not carried out	not reached			fifth
Emil Westerlund	Middle weight (up to 75 kg)	Dahlberg Won	Frank Lost	Sint Won	Totuschek Won	Little lost	not reached					seventh
Oscar Wiklund	Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)	Eriksen Won	Varga Won	Pétursson Won	Long lost	DNS	not reached	not carried out	not reached			Tenth
Volmar Wikström	Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)	Lesieur Won	Rydström Won	Mathiasson Won	Nilsson Won	Malmström Lost	Lund Lost	not reached				Sixth

rowing

athlete	discipline	Preliminary round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		Result	space	Result	space	Result	space	Result	space
Axel Haglund	One	k. A.	Second	not reached
Oskar Forsman Valdemar Henriksson (helmsman) Karl Lönnberg Johan Nyholm Emil Nylund	Foursome with helmsman (boom)	7: 18.2 min	First	7: 12.5 min	Second	not reached

shoot

athlete	discipline	final
		Result	space
Jalo Autonen	Free rifle 300 m	776	59.
Carl Bacher	Clay pigeon shooting	13	45.
Emil Collan	Clay pigeon shooting	38	29
Emil Fabritius	Clay pigeon shooting	11	53.
Karl Fazer	Clay pigeon shooting	86	Twelfth
Emil Holm	Free rifle 300 m	835	49.
Robert Huber	Clay pigeon shooting	38	29
Heikki Huttunen	Free rifle 300 m	906	25th
	Any target pistol 50 m	424	28.
Lauri Kolho	Free rifle 300 m	787	57.
Voitto Kolho	Free rifle 300 m	923	13.
Axel Fredrik London	Running deer 100 m single shot	31	15th
Gustaf Nyman	Free rifle 300 m	913	19th
Karl Reilin	Running deer 100 m single shot	26th	26th
Ernst Rosenqvist	Running deer 100 m single shot	32	14th
Gustaf cut	Clay pigeon shooting	88	Fourth
Nestori Toivonen	Free rifle 300 m	DNF
	Running deer 100 m single shot	41	Third
Huvi Tuiskunen	Free rifle 300 m	875	39.
	Running deer 100 m single shot	28	21st
Iivar Väänänen	Running deer 100 m single shot	28	21st
Vilho Vauhkonen	Free rifle 300 m	870	41.
Axel Fredrik Londen Ernst Rosenqvist Nestori Toivonen Iivar Väänänen	Running stag 100 m single shot team	123	Third
Carl Bacher Emil Collan Karl Fazer Robert Huber Axel Fredrik Londen Gustaf Editing	Clay pigeon shooting team	233	fifth
Emil Holm Heikki Huttunen Voitto Kolho Gustaf Nyman Huvi Tuiskunen Vilho Vauhkonen	Free rifle crew	5323	fifth

swim

athlete	discipline	Prelims		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		time	space	time	space	time	space	time	space
Men
Arvo Aaltonen	200 m chest	not carried out		3: 13.0 min	Second	3: 17.0 min	Sixth	not reached
	400 m chest	not carried out		6: 48.8 min	Second	6: 56.8 min	Third	not reached
Herman Cederberg	200 m chest	not carried out		3: 18.6 min	Third	not reached
Vilhelm Lindgrén	200 m chest	not carried out		3: 21.2 min	Fourth	not reached
	400 m chest	not carried out		7: 12.6 min	Third	not reached
Lennart Lindroos	200 m chest	not carried out		3: 16.6 min	Third	3: 11.6 min	Fourth	not reached
	400 m chest	not carried out		7: 03.0 min	Second	7: 02.4 min	Fourth	not reached
Women
Tyyne Järvi	100 m freestyle	not carried out		1: 42.4 min	fifth	not reached
Regina Kari	100 m freestyle	not carried out		k. A.	Sixth	not reached

sailing

athlete	discipline	First race			Second race			Total
		time	Points	space	time	Points	space	Points	time	space
Ernst Estonian Torsten Sandelin Gunnar Stenbäck	6 meter class	2:39:33 h	0	Fourth	2:31:02 h	0	Sixth	0	k. A.	fifth
Arthur Ahnger Emil Lindh Bertil Tallberg Gunnar Tallberg Georg Westling	8 meter class	2:21:03 h	0	fifth	2:14:50 h	3	Second	3	2:27:41 h	Third
Curt Andstén Jarl Andstén Carl Girsén Gustaf Estonian Bertel Juslén	8 meter class	2:17:28 h	1	Third	2:14:54 h	1	Third	2	k. A.	Fourth
Waldemar Björkstén Jacob Björnström Bror Brenner Allan Franck Erik Lindh Aarne Pekkalainen Harry Wahl	10 meter class	3:59:07 h	3	Second	3:50:09 h	1	Third	4th	4:21:41 h	Second
Max Alfthan Erik Hartvall Jarl Hulldén Sigurd Juslén Ernst Krogius Eino Sandelin Johan Silén	12 meter class	3:25:45 h	1	Third	3:48:55 h	1	Third	2	k. A.	Third

do gymnastics

athlete	discipline	final
		Result	space
Kaarlo Ekholm	Individual all-around	DNF
Karl Jansson	Individual all-around	103.00	31.
Villiam Nieminen	Individual all-around	105.75	27.
Tamminen is different	Individual all-around	90.50	37.
Yrjö Vuolio	Individual all-around	DNF
Kaarlo Ekholm Eino Forsström Eero Hyvärinen Mikko Hyvärinen Taumo Ilmoniemi Ilmari Keinänen Hjalmari Kivenheimo Karlslund Aarne Pelkonen Ilmari Pernaja Arvid Rydman Eino Saastamoinen Aarne Salovaara Heikki Sammallahti Hannes Sirola Klaus Suomela Lauri Tanner Väinö Tiiri Kaarlo Vähämäki Arvo Vartia Kaarlo Vasama	Free gymnastics	21.85	Second

Diving

athlete	discipline	Preliminary round		final
		Result	space	Result	space
Men
Toivo Aro	Diving (simple and compound)	62.75	Third	57.05	Eighth
	Easy diving (5 and 10 m)	39.4	Second	36.3	fifth
Tauno Ilmoniemi	Easy diving (5 and 10 m)	35.0	Third	not reached
Kalle Kainuvaara	Diving (simple and compound)	48.1	seventh	not reached
	Easy diving (5 and 10 m)	33.2	Third	not reached
Albert Nyman	Easy diving (5 and 10 m)	32.0	Fourth	not reached
Leo Suni	Diving (simple and compound)	48.93	Ninth	not reached
	Easy diving (5 and 10 m)	32.1	fifth	not reached
Oscar Wetzell	Artistic jumping 1 m and 3 m	58.7	seventh	not reached
	Diving (simple and compound)	50.46	Sixth	not reached
	Easy diving (5 and 10 m)	33.8	Second	not reached

Web links

• Olympic team of Finland 1912 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).